Law & Gospel in Action: Foundations, Ethics, Church

by Mark C. Mattes

Publisher:

1517 Publishing

, 2019

Overview

Mark Mattes’ hope is not only to secure believers’ consciences in Christ but also to reclaim theological and social turf which mainline Protestants have too quickly ceded to various secular agendas. The collected essays engage the reality of believers’ death and resurrection in Christ, and how that bears upon the life of faith while also attending to a wide range of relevant theological topics such as scriptural authority, apologetics, a critique of contemporary mainline Protestant and Evangelical Catholic ethics, a critique of Lutheran-Reformed ecumenism, and the church’s mission and outreach. The collection concludes with several sermons based on Old Testament lessons seeking to show how the theology embedded in the essays can be used for proclamation.

Key Features

• Secures believers’ consciences in Christ.
• Engages the reality of believers’ death and resurrection in Christ.
• Shows how the theology embedded in the essays can be used for proclamation.

Product Details

• Title: Law & Gospel in Action: Foundations, Ethics, Church
• Author: Mark C. Mattes
• Publisher: 1517 Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 408
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781948969239, 1948969238
• Resource ID: LLS:LWGSPLTHCSCHRCH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-07T22:27:15Z

About Mark C. Mattes

Mark C. Mattes serves as Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, and previously served parishes in Gardner, Illinois, and Antigo, Wisconsin. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and an M.Div from Luther Seminary. Mattes has authored Martin Luther’s Theology of Beauty: A Reappraisal and The Role of Justification in Contemporary Theology, and has co-authored Imaging the Journey, co-translated Theology the Lutheran Way by Oswald Bayer, co-edited the collected papers of Gerhard Forde, A More Radical Gospel and The Preached God, and is an Associate Editor for Lutheran Quarterly.